four bits

50 cents.

Origin of four bits

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

four-bit, adjective

four-a-cat, fourbagger, fourball, four-ball match, four-banger, four bits, four-by-four, four-by-two, four-channel, fourché, fourchette

Ten dollars apiece was the price of a chance, and it was freeze-out at four-bits a chip.
Bat Wing Bowles|Dane Coolidge
It cost "four-bits" and drinks to dance, and the dances lasted only a few minutes.
Arizona's Yesterday|John H. Cady
Well, you can't blame her, in a way; when Bill lit out, he done her out of four-bits!
Free Air|Sinclair Lewis
Didn't I see the man who had been there and paid his four-bits to cross?
Vignettes Of San Francisco|Almira Bailey

单词	four bits
释义	four bits noun Slang. 50 cents. Origin of four bits An Americanism dating back to 1830–40 OTHER WORDS FROM four bits four-bit, adjective Words nearby four bits four-a-cat, fourbagger, fourball, four-ball match, four-banger, four bits, four-by-four, four-by-two, four-channel, fourché, fourchette Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for four bits Ten dollars apiece was the price of a chance, and it was freeze-out at four-bits a chip. Bat Wing Bowles\|Dane Coolidge It cost "four-bits" and drinks to dance, and the dances lasted only a few minutes. Arizona's Yesterday\|John H. Cady Well, you can't blame her, in a way; when Bill lit out, he done her out of four-bits! Free Air\|Sinclair Lewis Didn't I see the man who had been there and paid his four-bits to cross? Vignettes Of San Francisco\|Almira Bailey
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